Improvement in machines for bunching hay for fuel



mE. GETTER. MACHINE FOR BUNCH'ING HAY FOR FUEL. 193,942

"Eaeented..` Aug; 7,1877.

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MAROUS'E. GETTER, OF ALDEN, MINNESOTA.

IMPRVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR B-UNCHING HV FOR FUEL..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,9132. dated August7, 1877; application filed March 19, 1877.

To alt whom Iit may concern Be it known that I, MARCUS E. GETTER, ofAlden, in the county of Freeborn and State of Minnesota, have invented anew and Improved Hay-Bunehing Machine, of which the following is aspecification Figure 1 is a front elevation, in section, on line :t a:in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, in section, on line yyin Fig. 1.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A is the box or frame of the machine, whichissupported upon legs a. B is a shaft that is journaled in the side of thebox; and is provided with steel tines b, which extend horizontallythrough the box` and project through a circular opening, d, in the sideof the box opposite that in Awhich the shaft B is journaled. Short tinesc lare placed in alternation with the tines b, and both' are taperedthroughout their entire length, and are polished.

Upon the shaft B, outside the box, a pinion, e, is placed, which isdriven by a spur-wheel, f, whose shaft is jonrnaled in a frame, g, at-

tached to the side of the box A. The shaft B extends through the frameg, and both it and the shaft ofthe spur-wheelfare'squared, so that acrank, h, may be placed on either, as circumstances may require.

A sen1icylindrical presser, U, is placed di rectly under and parallelto'the tines b c, and is connected by a bar, fi, with a foot-lever, j,which is pivoted to the cross-bar k that connects the legs a. The endsof the presser are guided by studs l, that extend downward through thebottom of the box.

A slide, D, moving in guides at the side of the box, closes the openingdand itis notched lto fit over the ends of the tiues, and prevents thehay from escaping at the side of the box.

A lever, E, pivoted at m, is connected with the slide D. A stud, u,projects upward from the top of the box, and is notched to receive theend of the lever E when it is raised so as to close the slide D.

F is a forked lever, that straddles the shaft B and extends throughthctop of the box A. It is pivoted at o, and is provided with a spring,

p, that throws it back against the side of the box. The bottom of thebox is widened at q, forming a platform, from which to feed the machine.

The operation is as follows: Hay is introduced into the box as the tinesare revolved, and as it is wound upon the tines the presser is thrownupward by means of the foot-lever j This causes the hay to wind closelyupon the tines. When the bunch is sufficiently large the slide l) israised by moving the lever E. rllhe bunch is then discharged from thetines through the opening d. by throwing the forked lever F forward.

Having 'thus described my invention, what l' claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of the slide D, lever E, and box A, substantially asherein shown and described.

2. The combination of' the box A, shaft B, having tines b c, and theforked lever F, substantially as herein shown and described.

MARCUS E. GETTEB..

